[Samba] %M resolve to IP (only)

[Gerald (Jerry) Carter]

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Robert Smol wrote:

> [backup]
>    path = /srv/backups/machines/%M
>    read only = No
>    public = no
>    writable = yes
>    printable = no
> 
> Still samba resolve this to /srv/backups/machines/192.168.10.11
> 
> Reverse DNS is working fine on machine:
> 
> node001 ~ # host 192.168.10.11
> 11.10.168.192.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer dmz001.domain.com.
> 
> Am I doing something wrong?

No.  Probably not.  But on port 445 we often don't get the machine
name until after the NTLM authentication stage or never if
using krb5.  I'd have to double check some traces to be sure.
We've discussed this quite a lot in the past on list.  Trying
searching the ml archives.




cheers, herry
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